Wednesday, 2 September 2009

Put the knitting down!.You're a modern woman!

Isn't it funny how the smallest little achievement can give you the greatest satisfaction.....

As I write this my mum is lovingly knitting a cardigan for a friend of mine who is having her first baby in a few months. She offered to do it in an attempt to try and keep my expenses down and thought it would be a nice handmade gift her.

As I try to be a so called "Modern Woman" I am completely unable to knit anything....Zilch! The thing is I felt I had not had any input into my friend's gift, so I asked my mum (who made it look so easy) if I could try and knit some of it. So my mother obviously excited at my interest, attempted to show me the tricks of the trade.......

Who knew it could be so difficult! Biting my tongue in concentration and feeling her sudden anxiety that I might at any moment drop the whole row, she tried to show this Twenty Something how to knit.... As she moved my hands in a somewhat unnatural fashion, it occurred to me that I had suddenly aged by about sixty years and should NEVER, EVER attempt to knit anything ever again in my life.....But I was determined to knit just one measly little stitch...

On my fourth attempt at a "purl" and without my mum moving the wool, I completed my first ever stitch unaided and "cast off".... It was a proud moment in my life!.....I feel I am now ready to knit the man of my dreams an ugly pullover and be a homemaker after all! HeHe!.......